This is Mayor Lee Kyriacou with an important COVID-19 update.

Your community spirit and cooperation drove our city’s COVID cases way down in the past several months, from a peak of close to 150, down to a handful.

In the last few days, however, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Beacon has ticked up, and then ticked up again today, with the current number on the county’s COVID tracking website at 45 for Beacon.

The county health department informed us that the increase is from one residential facility in the city limits, and has issued an order requiring isolation protocols for those involved.  Beacon police have been asked to assist in monitoring. To be clear, the large increase is from a single residential facility – not from Main Street businesses, or not from children returning to schools.

Beacon is doing exceptionally well.  We have carefully opened up much of our city activity, while keeping our COVID numbers way down – that is remarkable. Our job as individual members of this community remains unchanged:  Each of us must continue to do our part – social distancing and face coverings in public, quarantining if required, being respectful to all.  Everyone’s vigilance is essential to keeping us all safe.

PLEASE REVIEW AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS … ALL VOTES MATTER !

LIST OF LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES IN THE BEACON AREA

ST. ANDREW’S FOOD PANTRY

St. Andrew’s Church
17 South Avenue, Beacon
DAYS/TIMES – Pickups
10am-11am Saturdays
Contact for eating or for donating: 
Pat Lassiter: (845) 831-4711

ST. LUKE’S AND ST. ANDREWS FOOD PANTRY

Contact for eating or for donating: 
Rev. John F. Williams: (845) 831-2643

SALVATION ARMY’S FOOD PANTRY, BEACON CORPS

372 Main Street
Beacon, NY
The emergency food pantry is open to all.
DAYS/TIMES – Pickups
Starting at 9am on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Appointments are required. 
Call to make an appointment, or stop in:
(845) 831-1253
DAYS/TIMES – Donations of Food
Can be made Tuesdays – Thursdays by using the back door off the parking lot.

SPRINGFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH’S FOOD PANTRY

Food pantry
Springfield Baptist Church
8 Mattie Cooper Square
Beacon, NY
Coordinator for eating or for donating: 
Deaconess Joan Cook: cjoanochorios@aol.com

THE BEACON COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Tabernacle of Christ A/G Church
483 Main Street
Beacon, NY
DAYS/TIMES – Free Meals  
Monday – Thursday 11am-12pm

This soup kitchen served its first meal here. It is open to all and serves a hot meal. Several organizations pitched in, including Common Ground Farm, Ella’s Bellas (donated a household refrigerator under the commercial-grade stove and refrigerator were secured), My Bread Is Your Bread, Dutchess Outreach, Tabernacle of Christ Church A/G, and In Care of.

Coordinators for eating or donating:
Candi Rivera and Kundi Glasson: (845) 728-8196 incareof.beacon@gmail.com
Donations: https://www.gofundme.com/kjb4buzw

DONATION OPPORTUNITIES GOING ON NOW
Vienna sausages (pork/chicken in the can), Tuna, Skippy Singles Peanut Butter Cups, Fruit cups, Ritz crackers/premium crackers (unsalted)(indiv wrapped), juice boxes, hot cocoa packs, travel size toothpaste, shampoo & lotion, Cold Cereals (individual portions), Parmalat milk (small individual containers), hot cereals packets, Chef Boyardee (individual cans), peanuts (individual packages), bottled water (individual bottles), Jello, Mac & Cheese (box), Ramen Noodles, Granola Bars.

Contributions are being accepted for those who are fortunate enough to contribute.

Restock The Tiny Food Pantries
Day: Any day
Time: Open Hours of Library (or any time for the outside boxes at the Beacon Rec Center, or Binnacle Books)
Locations:  Library, Beacon Rec Center, Binnacle Books
The Tiny Food Pantries are in Beacon, and they are a grab-in-go style.

No approval. No wait time.

Two of them are outside, so are 24/7. But they are limited by who in the community stocks them.

This one is in the Howland Public Library, and is bare! If you have un-opened snacks like Girl Scout Cookies, simply drop them off here. Also toiletries like tampons and pads.

COMESTIBLES GRATUITOS LLEGARÁN A BEACON NY EL MIÉRCOLES 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2020 NO EL 15 COMO DICE EN EL FLYER … ESO ES UN TIPO

Check Your Voter Registration

173,225 views•Aug 31, 2018LIKEDISLIKESHARESAVEUSAgov9.04K subscribersSUBSCRIBEIs your voter registration up-to-date? Even if you voted before, from time to time, states and local election offices purge their voter registration lists. They delete people who have moved or who haven’t voted in a long time. And sometimes there’s just an error. That’s why it’s a good idea to check your registration now to make sure you can vote on Election Day.

Start by finding your local election office at usa.gov/election-office. You may be able to check your registration Online By phone By mail or In-person

When you’re reviewing your voter registration, here’s what to look for: Your name is correct and still on the voter list Your address and party affiliation are up-to-date and You’re going to the correct polling place

If you can’t find your name on the voter list or your information is wrong, contact your election office right away to correct the error. Did you recently move or change your name? Depending on where you live, you’ll need to update your registration or re-register. Ask your election office. Sometimes just moving a few blocks away can actually change your polling place. And check your registration if you have not voted in the past couple of elections or you didn’t mail back a postcard from your election office. They might consider you inactive and purge your name from the voter registration list.

Don’t wait until Election Day to discover you can’t vote. Check your registration now. And learn more about voting at USA.gov/voting.

CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION:

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All Registered New York Voters Can Request a Ballot Here

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of New York’s absentee ballot portal where voters can directly request an absentee ballot for the upcoming November 3rd election. The Governor acted by Executive Order to allow any voter concerned about risk or exposure to COVID during the ongoing pandemic to request an absentee ballot. 

“As the November election approaches we know that many voters feel vulnerable in the midst of this pandemic,” Governor Cuomo said. “In line with the sweeping reforms we have implemented to make it easier for New Yorkers to exercise their right to vote, today we launch the online portal through which every registered voter concerned about COVID-19 can obtain an absentee ballot. Voting is the cornerstone of democracy and we want each and every voter to feel safe and secure in the exercise of voting.”  

Last month, Governor Cuomo signed into law sweeping election reforms that will make it easier for New Yorkers to vote and be counted in November. These new measures Include  allowing absentee ballot applications to be submitted to the Board of Elections immediately, allowing a voter to get an absentee ballot due to risk or fear of illness including COVID-19 and ensuring all absentee ballots postmarked on or before Election Day or received by the Board of Elections without a postmark on the day after the Election will be counted. Ballots with a postmark demonstrating that they were mailed on or before Election Day will be counted if received by November 10.    

The Governor also issued an executive order to bolster and support New Yorkers’ right to vote. The order requires county boards of elections to take concrete steps to inform voters of upcoming deadlines, be prepared for upcoming elections and help ensure absentee ballots can be used in all elections.

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